* The Color Wall was a favorite
stopping place for Captain Eric Dawdle. An early explorer of
Astrolabe Reef, Captain Dawdle skippered the motor sailor Sta-Reta , and
learned his seamanship at the Isle of Jersey, among other places.
At the Color Wall, strong,
nutrient bearing currents allows soft corals of many colors to grow in profusion, but
these same currents generally keep the size of individual corals small.